Close your eyes, stand still a moment and take a deep breath
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It smells of saffron, honey pastry and grilled meat
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A hint of gasoline mixes in
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The trash in the sun dries out
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A few meters ahead caravans pass by
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An older woman dressed in a djellaba
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Eyes me sharply from the side
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The color of our skin is the same
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Still I don't look like most of them
Between the tourist palaces
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Crumbling facades hide
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Stray cats, begging kids
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Vans with sheep
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Rattling buses, roaring cab drivers
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Little boy playing ball barefoot
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Snake charmers and street painters
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My open ear understands every word
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Even though I wasn't born here
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'Cause the roots of my family tree run deep
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Hidden beneath this earth
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In search of myself
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In the streets of Nador, Nador
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Feel like I'm lost, lost
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Lanterns come on, I stroll along the beach
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See my shadow in the sand
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Barefoot in the water, a silky wind
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Guides the waves to land
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I look into the distance, fluttering flags
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Golden stars hang on the roof of the world
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An older man ties up his boat
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The rope in his wrinkled hands
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I greet him with salam, he smiles at me
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His tired face speaks volumes
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In moments like these I ask myself
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What it'd be like to be born here
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Different friends, different values
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But the heart beats the same
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In search of myself
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In the streets of Nador, Nador
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Feel like I'm lost, lost
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Two thousand miles lie between my worlds
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I often feel torn, I'd love to unite them
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I'd really like to know where I belong
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In my dreams the Main flows into the Mediterranean
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In search of myself
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In the streets of Nador, Nador
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Feel like I'm lost, lost